Legislative Bills

AB 31 – Price

Sm Bus Procurement

Sponsor

AB 309 – Price

Sm Bus Participation

Sponsor

AB 641 – Hagman

Approval of contracts

Support

AB 701 – Fong

Formal bid notices

Support

AB 756 – Eng

Public contract reports

Support

AB 846 – Torrico

Penalties

Watch

AB 926 – Ruskin

State contracts

Sponsor

AB 1047 – Perez

Local assistance program

Watch

AB 1062 – Garrick

Labor compliance program

Watch

AB 1064 – Garrick

Labor compliance program

Watch

AB 1160 – Fong

Contracts translation

Oppose

SB 467 – Dutton

Prison industry authority

Support

SB 548 – Huff

Disabled veterans

Support

SB 642 – Denham

Sm Bus Procurement

Support

SB 694 – Correa

Bidding

Support

SB 802 – Leno

Retention proceeds

Support

SB 805 – Wright

Renewable energy source

Support

AB 31 – Price: Public contracts: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act. This bill would increase the maximum amount of the contract from $100,000 to $250,000.

AB 309 – Price: Public contracts: small business participation. This bill would require all state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions to establish and achieve a goal of 25% small business participation in state procurements and contracts.

AB 641 – Hagman: Approval of contracts. The bill would establish specified procedures for the Legislature in advertising for bids, accepting bids, and awarding contracts. The bill would require specified information to be verified under oath, thus imposing a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of an existing crime.

AB 701 – Fong: School districts: contracts: formal bids: notices. This bill would require a notice to be published at least once a week for two weeks on the district's Internet Web site or through an electronic portal regarding contracts available.

AB 756 – Eng: Public contracts: reports. This bill would require state agencies to prepare an annual report regarding personal services and consulting services contracts entered into by the agency and to transmit that report to the Department of Finance for submission to the Legislature.

AB 846 – Torrico: State agencies: civil and administrative penalties. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation requiring state agencies that are authorized to impose civil or administrative penalties for a violation of a law, regulation, order, permit, or license that the state agency is authorized to enforce, adopt, or issue, to take specified actions with regard to the amount and collection of these penalties.

AB 926 – Ruskin: State contracts: goods: loss leader. This bill would require a statement of this latter provision to be specified in a solicitation for a state contract for goods, a request for proposal for a contract for services that involves the furnishing of equipment, materials, or supplies and a request for proposal for a state contract for the acquisition of information technology goods and services.

AB 1047 – Perez: California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank: local assistance program. This bill would require the bank to establish a local assistance program to provide technical support to small and rural communities in the state in obtaining financing for local infrastructure projects.

AB 1062 – Garrick: Design-build contracts: Labor compliance program: exemptions. This bill would revise the definition of "skilled labor force availability" for purposes of these provisions to a commitment to training the future construction workforce of California through apprenticeship and would require the design-build entity to provide specified information from which it intends to request the dispatch of apprentices for use on the design-build contract.

AB 1064 – Garrick: Design-build contracts: labor compliance program: exemptions. This bill would delete the exemption for those projects from the requirement that the entity establish and enforce a labor compliance program or contract with a 3rd party to operate a labor compliance program.

AB 1160 – Fong: Contracts: translation. Requires any person in a trade or business who, in the course of entering into any of the specified contracts or agreements, negotiates any material term in those languages, to deliver a translation, as described above, or a translation of one or more of the approved disclosures or forms.

SB 467 – Dutton: Public contracts: Prison Industry Authority. This bill would provide that these requirements shall not restrict state agencies from entering into contracts of $25,000 or less with California certified small businesses, microbusinesses, or disabled veteran business enterprises.

SB 548 – Huff: California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program. This bill would require an awarding department to require any prime contractor that enters into a subcontract with a disabled veteran business enterprise to certify to the awarding department, under penalty of perjury, that all payments under the contract have been made to the disabled veteran business enterprise.

SB 642 – Denham: Public contracts: Small Business Procurement and Contract Act. This bill would increase the maximum amount of the contract from $100,000 to $250,000.

SB 694 – Correa: Declares the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would address issues relating to the competitive bidding process for public contracts, and would make legislative findings and declarations in that regard .

SB 802 – Leno: Public contracts: retention proceeds. This bill would prohibit retention proceeds to exceed 5% of the payment for all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2010 and an original contractor, between an original contractor and a subcontractor, and between all subcontractors there under.

SB 805 – Wright: Energy: procurement. This bill would move the requirements for the commission to review and adopt a procurement plan for each electrical corporation from an article concerning rates to an article concerning long-term plans and procurement plans, and make conforming changes that reference existing law.